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Taschen The Marvel Comics Library. Spider-Man. Vol. 1. 1962–1964 A Whale of a Time An elegant way to storeWhen Stan Lee first pitched the idea of Spider Man in 1962, his boss was full of objections: People hate spiders. Teenagers arent lead characters; theyre sidekicks. He should be glamorous and successful, not a friendless loser. But Stan persisted and Martin Goodman let him give the unlikely hero a tryout in Amazing Fantasy, which was already slated for cancellation. With Spider Man on the cover, No. 15 shot to the top of Marvels best seller list for